New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-04
SHOT BY AN ENRAGED WOMAN
COLONEL L. L. DEMINGFOLLOWED BY HER
10 HIS ROOM.

COLONEL L. L. DEMiNG'FOLLOwED BY HER
| 10 HIS ROOM.
ARs HARVEY TAKES THE ONE NEXT TO HIS AND
| r WATTS FOR HIM-AFTER SHOOTING HIM
| AND WANDERING ABOUT SHE
| GIVES HERSELF UP.
Ella Harvey. beautiful young woman, with blue
eyes and abundance OF light brown hair attempted
to aasassinate Colonel L. L. Deming at his boarding
house. No West Twenty -Arst-st, about naf past
O'Clock lsSt evening. Mr.. Deming, who is in a con-
hdential position in the Gorham Manufacturing Com
pany, No. $50 Broadway met Mrs. Harvey yester-
day afternoon about O'Clock. They had O few
moments conversation and Mrs. Harvey asked Mr..
pemng to accompany her to her home. No. 3l3 East
Nnefeenth-st. He refused and said that he had bus
ness en- n.agements which would prevent him. She
hinted t. HIM that II would be we'll for him il hs
with her. but he laughed at the implied threat and
went to the store. What Mrs. Harveys Intentions
In trying to get Mr. Deming to go to her home not
known but is believed that she intended there to
carry out the design which she attempted at his home
Mrs. Harvey, after Mr. Deming had passed out Of
sight walked in Broadway tor about hoar and then
went TO Mr.. Demings boarding house. Mrs Suydall
and all her family out when Mrs. Barvey called
and q servant answered her ring at the bell She
told the servant iha, she was we'll acqu anted with
asked the servant to show her through the house.
The servant did and Mis- Harvey constantly Piled
her with questions as to who occupied the rooms.
Wien the third floor was reached and tho servant
pointed to large hall bedroom and said that Colonel
Drming occupied 1t, Ars. Harvey started suddenly
and wanted to know who occupied the adjoining
ROOM Being told that il without tenant she
said quickly that she would take it.
Mrs Harvey told the servant that she would rest in
the room until Mrs. Suyda came home and took of
her hat and lay down on the bed when ths servant
went away.
Mr. Deming came home ato o'clock has been
hts custom during the three weeks which he has
lived at Mrs. Suydalls house, and went his room.
The door to the adjoining closed. He
closed Oh, door to his loom and changed his clothes
and read paper Tor few moments About half past
o'clock he opened his door aud started down stairs
He had taken only three steps In tho hallway
when womans figure appeared in the doorway OF he
adjoining room and second later there was bright
fash the dinly lighted hall and Mr. Deming felt
as tie woman fred pistol, sharp twiuge in his left
breast just over his heart He thought that he had
been shot and started toward the wpman, who re-
treated into the room and he saw that she was Mrs.
Harvey. Mrs Harvey threw the pistol, small %
calibre one, across the aud said calmly:
Are you shotT
HYes." replicdM Nj. Dcmng. al am"
He thought that the wound was a serious ono as
first, but after waiting moment and finding that
the ball had only grazed his body he calmly told Mrs
Harvey that she had thrown away the pistol 1t
evident that she did not intend to shoot at him again
and he would around the corner and get a cup OF
coffee. He told the woman that she had made a fool
OF herself and she would better put her hat aud get
out of the house possible. With that he
lett her and went to supper.
Mrs. narvsy waited in the house about halt hour
after the shooting and thea hurredly went into the
street, telling the servant that there bad been little
trouble upstairs and that she had decided not TO wait
for Mrs Suydalrs return. Mrs Harvey waited tor
few minutes In front OF the house as II undecided
which way to go and then went TO Twcnty-third'st.
and SiIth-sve, and took tue Sixth Avenue Elevated
traiu tOrtysvcosd-st She got on the train there
and walked around Bryant Park several tines and
then the street TO the north side o. Forty
secondst and the corner OF Fiftb-ave. as
II " aitiDg Tor some one
Oaoer Helncs tho Twentvt tn ird Precinct, turred
into Forty-second-s from Fifth ave. and was startled
by Mrs Harvey rushing wildly up TO him with pistol
in her hand and SAY ing:
" have just killed u at No. o W est Twenty
frstst. Here is the pistol
The officer took the Thrt, fifth Street Station
and vent to No. . West Twenty -hrst-st. and found
that the " had been there and had shot ut Mr.
DemIng, but had not killed him as she had stated
Mis- Harvey was teen transferred to the Thrtieth
Street Station and Detective Price took her to Mrs.
Suydals house. kr Deming was at home and he
identified Mrs. Harvey as the person who had at
tempted shoot him, but declined TO tell tho .detec
tive anything aboai the case, he said he had no
desire TO prosecute tho lie was told that
Mrs Harvey would be held the charge OF feonious
assault upon her confession, but he still insisted
that he had no Intention make complaint against
her Mrs. Harvey taken back to the police
station and when she saw tho prison bars, she ex-
claimed, as she tainted:
why did do iti ain sorry now"
Restorativcs were given to her aud then she was
locked up. She told the sergeant who was on duty
that she was twenty-five years old, married and was
a nurse. She said that Mr.. Deming had wronged her
and that she had shot him because OF what he had
done She refused to 20 INTO the particulars. of her
injury, and expressed desire that nothing be said
about the case to reporters.
Sir. Deming vas last evening at his home by
tribune reporter. He was In bed and at first re-
fused to say anything about tho case. Finally he
said that he had known Mrs Harvey tor several years.
lie had trouble with her which began about two
years ago. What the nature OF the trouDle was he
refused state but saa that wss not that reflected
upon his honor lie had honorable military record
and had never wrongod woman. He said that there
was a good cause tor the shooting looking at 1t from
the womans point OF view, brit that the trouble had
been amicably settled as he supposed lie admitted
that he had been sued for $4,000 oy Mrs. Hhveys
husband Papers had been served upon him. but the
case had never appeared in court. Mr.. Demng had
turned the matter to his lawyer, who had
settled it, lie would not state the nature OF settle
ment. He summed up hs case in what Is called
alle fiction" lie said: Suppose msn takes beau-
titul married woman to DemoBco's has dinner,
drinks some wine, and has good time, but does
nothing wrong and her husband should hear OF his
vito being there with q man. Then the husband
becomes enrag-d and tring- sut against the man who
was with his wife for $4,000. Then MIR. Deming
said that his relations with Mrs. Ilar7ey might Do
similar to the little fiction and that all there
to il.
Mr. Deming is n fine looking man, about sixty years
old with ,Isy hair and beard md Is we'll connectd.
His family it ia said, do not live IN the city.